Improvement in pea-nut thrashers



s. L. Ummww. PEHUT-THRASEERS.

Nc. 19%95 atented Aug. 34,1237?.

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To 'all whom it muy concern:

` or Smithfield, i uw *andtute of Virginia,

".ot'whieh the following is a specification:

3 a top view,

` spending parts. The obj which the l lit-letter may hering dirt, which is se B,the reel arran stretched parallel to, i tween the annule .JCJIEUN LEE UNDERWOUD, OF SMITHFIELD, VIRGINIA.

lmenovEMi-:nr m Pe Specification forming part of Lettere Patent No.' Elith, i195@ @"NMTT THRMSHERS- dated August 14, i877; opplicetion tiled Maren m, new.

Be it known that I, Jenn L. Ummnwoon, county of Isle of Wight have invented a new and Improved Pea-Nnt Picker and Separator.

ln the accompanying drawing,'Figm-e 1 repsection of my parator on line 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. of the `came. Similar letters of reference indicate corre- Fig. 3. Fig.

ect of this invention is to provide for pea-nut growers an improved machine by peamute may be picked o' the vines aring the vines to pieces, so that the be used in more advantageous menner for feeding purposes. The pea-nnte and vinesnre at the same time cleared of anyadpainted with the lighter` peu-nuts by the machine from the heavier ones. In the drawing, A represents the top roller; ged below the same, and C the horizontal wire-frame, whose 'u'iresare and at suitable distance in longitudinal direction, ber sections orribe a of roller A. reel turn in bearingeofa cuiteare revolved by asuitable crankand by hand or other power. The pea-nut vines nre fed along the top wire without te freni,- each other,

Tile rollernnd `ribbed roller.

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provided with a number of wires, b, that cre stretched in pairs from one head to the other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, said wiree coming against the wires C in the rotation of the reel, and taking hold of the pea-nuts and removing them from the vines, while they :are prevented from being drawn. down or torn by the retaining action of the longitudinal wire freine and The pease are dropped from the reel onto e hopper, D, and discharged through the .month of the same on a horizontal and latemlly-reciprocating linger-bur, D,on which the peauuts are exposed to the powerful blast of -a fan, E, revolving in a casing, E', of the supporting-frame. The fun and linger-bar are operated by suitable connecting-gear from the crenlrsheft, eo as to be worked simultaneously with the same. The lighter pea-nuts, small pieces of `eine., dirt, and other impurities are separated by the fen-blast from the heavier peanuts, which are dropped on an inclined plane, F, and discharged intoa receiving-re ceptacle below the machine, thus picking the pea-nnte without tearing the vines, and without in a rapid, thorough, and economical manner.

Hering' thune described m claim ae new cud desire Patent Thecomloiniition, with the annularlygrcoved feed-roller end the reel arranged parallel te end below it, of thc freine of stretched wires paesiy invention, I to secure by Lettere frame 0 to the action of the ribbed -roller Aa ing between the ribs of the roller, ae end for and are drawn through between rollerv on the purpose specilied. frame, so un to be exposed to the clearing ee JOHN LEE UNDERWOUD.

A tion ofthe rapidly-revolving reel without teer- Witnesses:

ing the vines to ieces. The reel B iearranged E. F. ATKINSON, parallel to, and neath, the ribbed roller, and

B. W. L. GOULD. 

